These are the issues of my laptop: linux2:~ # hwinfo --wlan 16: PCI 300.0: 0282 WLAN controller [Created at pci.386] Unique ID: y9sn.+sOwF2YnDED Parent ID: qTvu.aNX33aP5x39 SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:03:00.0 SysFS BusID: 0000:03:00.0 Hardware Class: network Model: "AMBIT Microsystem AR5BXB63 802.11bg NIC" Vendor: pci 0x168c "Qualcomm Atheros" Device: pci 0x001c "AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)" SubVendor: pci 0x1468 "AMBIT Microsystem Corp." SubDevice: pci 0x0428 "AR5BXB63 802.11bg NIC" Revision: 0x01 Driver: "ath5k" Driver Modules: "ath5k" Device File: wlan0 Features: WLAN Memory Range: 0xf4600000-0xf460ffff (rw,non-prefetchable) IRQ: 17 (no events) HW Address: 00:23:4d:8e:5a:3f Permanent HW Address: 00:23:4d:8e:5a:3f Link detected: yes WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 WLAN frequencies: 2.412 2.417 2.422 2.427 2.432 2.437 2.442 2.447 2.452 2.457 2.462 2.467 2.472 WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap Module Alias: "pci:v0000168Cd0000001Csv00001468sd00000428bc02sc00i00" Driver Info #0: Driver Status: ath5k is active Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe ath5k" Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown Attached to: #5 (PCI bridge) linux2:~ # rpm -q kernel-default kernel-default-4.12.14-lp151.23.3.x86_64 kernel-default-4.12.14-lp151.24.5.x86_64 linux2:~ #